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Bacteria share genes all the time. RMS would approve (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey bro, can I have some antibiotic resistance?

Sure bro, but remember that the heavy metal tolerance gene is a dependency.

Shit, I'm on python 2 but hmrA requires python 3.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It's the cleaning up of code by making it easier to read or rewriting something in a less convoluted way. Originally you just wanted it to be done quick so you coded it in a sloppy way. Now you have "debt" that needs to be fixed. You don't really gain anything by cleaning it, so it wastes your time instead of implementing something new.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Well, technically the actual cleaning up part is "refactoring."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

I wanted to use words a layman would know.